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中國56個民族各族全家福


2009
12.18

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China's 56 nationalities
“這是有關中華56個民族的‘全家福’。”攝影家陳海汶說，他所指的“全家福”是近日已經出版的大型圖文出版物《和諧中華——中國56個民族剪影》，該書是由陳海汶帶領的14位攝影師組成的專業攝影創作團隊歷時一年，縱橫10萬公里，深入我國56個民族的主要聚居地考察、采訪，拍攝了5.7萬多張照片後，輔以文字說明，編排而成的。每個民族的剪影都以“全家福”的形式呈現。

http://news.wenxuecity.com/messages/200911/news-big5-952715.html

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The Best Use of the Comma


2009
08.25

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And here I take the liberty of suggesting, that commanders of vessels bound for India, might, to good purpose, carry out an assortment of oriental works, either for circulation or sale, during the outward voyage, among the studious part of passengers, who could thus imbibe, en passant, beneficial instruction.

— By J. B. Gilchrist, in The General East India Guide and Vade Mecum; For the Public Functionary, Government Officer, Private Agent, Trader or Foreign Sojourner, in British India, and the Adjacent Parts of Asia Immediately Connected with the Honorable the East India Company, Being a Digest of the Work of the Late Capt. Williamson, with Many Improvements and Additions; Embracing the Most Valuable Parts of Similar Publications on the Statistics, Literature, Official Duties, and Social Economy of Life and Conduct in that Interesting Quarter of the World (London, 1825)

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The Cathay Onion


2009
07.22

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The Onion, America’s finest news source, has been sold to “a syndicate of industrious China-men from the deepest heart of the Orient,” according to T. Herman Zweibel.

Sample of the new fare:

Three Dozen Confirmed *@@## In Power Plant *@@##

*@@## PROVINCE—Emergency *@@## reported to the scene of a most *@@## early @## morning, pulling several *@@## bodies from the ensuing @## that erupted without *@@## or *@@##. The *@@##, believed to have been caused by a *@@##%#@, spilling *@@## among the faulty *@@##, and allowing high-grade *@@## to *@@## for miles, is the third such *@@## *@@## of *@@## in *@@##. “&%^*@@## *@@## devastating aftermath,” stated *@@## Plant Supervisor *@@##, who received orders from *@@## under the *@@## *@@## and must now accept *@@##. “*@@##*@@##.” Citizens should *@@## radiation *@@## sloughing off *@@## on the operating table.

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The Power of Nine


2007
09.28

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Determined monks in Yangon, Myanmar, during demonstations on 27 September 2007
Yesterday’s (2007-09-27) protests in Myanmar highlight the power of number nine in Myanmar popular superstition:

Day: 27 = 2 + 7 = 9

Month: 9

Year: 2007 = 2 + 7 = 9

Number of reported deaths: 9

Last month a flyer circulated in Yangon calling people to disturb peace by banging pots and pans on September 11, 12, and 13 at 7:02pm (7 + 2 = 9), 8:01pm (8 + 1 = 9), and 9pm.

For comparison, in 1987 Gen. Ne Win ordered the issuing of bank notes of 45 (4 + 5 = 9) and 90 kyat.

Not to be outdone, the number eight also carries significance: nineteen years ago, the date of bloody demonstrations on 1988-08-08 is sill commonly referred to as 8/8/88.

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The first flight with propeller


2007
09.04

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Chicken (sort of)

It is such a thrill to read the travelogues on the Yangonow site. The following gives you a good idea what will happen when you do a word-for-word translation from Japanese to English:

At Yangon airport, checking was rigid. But it was manual. It was ridiculous. The first flight with propeller left from the airport earlier than the time in the schedule. That time was 6:45. But we had already been in the air to 6:30. Most of the seats were occupied by the westerners. Wee! Wee! Wee! The propellers started to wind slowly. When the plane reached the end of the runway, it ran making the sound ‘Gyi, Gyi,’ I had laughed with thrill of pleasure. But the face of my friend looked like a dead one.

http://www.yangonow.com/eng/magazine/essay/kawasaki_m/essay01.html

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